Arch-supporter.



PATENTED MAY 29, 1906.

A. E. LITTLE. ARCH SUPPQRTER.

APPLIUATIOH FILED nov.29,1905.

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, UNITED STAT S PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER in. LITTLE. or Lm, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO A. E. y LITTLE &, COMPANY, OF LYNN, MASSACHHSETTS, A FIRM.

" fipeoifieetidn of Letters Patent.

ARCH-SUPPORTER- liatented May 29, 1906.

Application filed Hovember 29, 1905. Serial Kc. 289,603-

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AmmnnnE. Lane, a. citizen of the United States, and a resident of Lynn, inthe county of Essex and State of 5 Massachusetts, have invented en Inzgrovement in Arch-Supporters, of which e foilomng description, in conneetion with the aceompen drawmgs, is a specification, like nnmera on the reyresenting like invention relates to that class of archsupporters whieh p a men's foot'mteed oi witlun the shoe.

y irn timro'red shah-supporter .is made of some am his flexible material -sneh as oloth,,lee.ther, or i fit under the" nrehof the foot and isprovrded 32h; mfembezhwhibh extends oat! mate 0; not, are y'seeurhlg '1: J0 to the foot.

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usingpads of-diflerent thicknesses the are of the persons foot may be snpgerted more or less, as desired.

. I the drawings go one embodiment of my invention, Figure lie a side view of a persons foot with my .arohmpporterinpem'tion Fig. 2 is spertire view'oi myimpreveyimh-aayporter.

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are ads ted-to be worn on' is of .a shape V v w 7 veto The glthefootissupportedhiem eoh s'uitsb psdwhichiscarriedb "oftheuoh wherein Ihsve portion ensemble materiel shaped i tend under-theereh pi e gersons foot, the

heights the arch of the foot may be supported more or less, as desired.

The body portion 3 is preferably shafed so that it inc-loses and fits around the bee as at 9, and the device operates, therefore, hath as 60 a heel-'protector for the Stocking and as an arch-supporter for the foot.

The arch-sup orter is preferably made of some flexible so material, such as'chsmols or leather, and both sides of the pocket are of 6 5 this some material. No portion of the arch- I supporter is stifiened, and the gird is relied upon solely to support the arch y its thick-- mass or body.

it be noterl thot the device 111 worn on the foot, and therefore so ion as it is in place theereh of a persons foot is gro 'aerly-sup ported whether he is wearing w My grail-supporter isfirst unt: difieren 1 be nfim'itthe devicerna hen for persons who desire more or less supportto oitheir foot. This avoids the nety of hsving any metal sreh-supporter 1y made. k

- preferred embodiment only of my 111- "?erifin has been herein illustrated.

7 Having deseribed my invention,'what 1' claim as new, and desire to secure'by Letters 85 1. An'ereh-snpyortereozhprising agoy 35- lasese'ietion onthelinoyg fig. 2. rtion of} the emhen iporter beneath @1699 The Mpportsr 'oo o 7 a body por arch of the feet beigghnrovided with a pe- 60113 of some matetielreceiving peeket'jiiflne is at one side; such; for or 5 V and immovable padtooefi within the having a. shage to fit undemetth the emh of i t, ssid. body portion a an elastic 0 theperaons coheseihmm 1. dtentend ore: theinstepo thefoot, 95 thebody interim, 2. in arch-en porter eomp e bo y Y pert in: r r M sne nhu' 4, gertion medeen yoi soft,flexi 1e mategligted topx'teadtovertheimtepohhefoot toinelosetheheel and to exb which theduieoiuoeuall to spur; neh'ofthe root the portion v 'fliw mhofihpfoflhhemgprovided I00 epedt open at the side, wi the r I we signed my v presence of :05 

